# snas
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /sˠn̪ˠɑsˠ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /sˠn̪ˠasˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish snas (“act of cutting, chipping”), verbal noun of snaidid (“cuts, chips”).

#### Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa, nominative plural snasanna)
* finish, polish, gloss, good appearance
* accent, mannerism
* slime, mold, scum, slime
    Synonym: múscán

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
snas
snasanna
vocative
a shnas
a shnasanna
genitive
snasa
snasanna
dative
snas
snasanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an snas
na snasanna
genitive
an tsnasa
na snasanna
dative
leis an snas don snas
leis na snasanna :

##### Derived terms

* snasach
* snasaigh
* snasaire
* snasán
* snaschraiceann
* snasleathar
* snasta
* snastóir

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

snas (present analytic snasann, future analytic snasfaidh, verbal noun snasadh, past participle snasta)
* (transitive) Synonym of snasaigh

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | snasaim | snasann tú; snasair$^†$ | snasann sé, sí | snasaimid | snasann sibh | snasann siad; snasaid$^†$ | a shnasann; a shnasas / a snasann* | snastar |
| indicative | past | shnas mé; shnasas | shnas tú; shnasais | shnas sé, sí | shnasamar; shnas muid | shnas sibh; shnasabhair | shnas siad; shnasadar | a shnas / ar shnas* | snasadh |
| indicative | past habitual | shnasainn / snasainn‡‡ | shnastá / snastá‡‡ | shnasadh sé, sí / snasadh sé, sí‡‡ | shnasaimis; shnasadh muid / snasaimis‡‡; snasadh muid‡‡ | shnasadh sibh / snasadh sibh‡‡ | shnasaidís; shnasadh siad / snasaidís‡‡; snasadh siad‡‡ | a shnasadh / a snasadh* | shnastaí / snastaí‡‡ |
| future | future | snasfaidh mé; snasfad | snasfaidh tú; snasfair$^†$ | snasfaidh sé, sí | snasfaimid; snasfaidh muid | snasfaidh sibh | snasfaidh siad; snasfaid$^†$ | a shnasfaidh; a shnasfas / a snasfaidh* | snasfar |
| conditional | conditional | shnasfainn / snasfainn‡‡ | shnasfá / snasfá‡‡ | shnasfadh sé, sí / snasfadh sé, sí‡‡ | shnasfaimis; shnasfadh muid / snasfaimis‡‡; snasfadh muid‡‡ | shnasfadh sibh / snasfadh sibh‡‡ | shnasfaidís; shnasfadh siad / snasfaidís‡‡; snasfadh siad‡‡ | a shnasfadh / a snasfadh* | shnasfaí / snasfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go snasa mé; go snasad$^†$ | go snasa tú; go snasair$^†$ | go snasa sé, sí | go snasaimid; go snasa muid | go snasa sibh | go snasa siad; go snasaid$^†$ | — | go snastar |
| subjunctive | past | dá snasainn | dá snastá | dá snasadh sé, sí | dá snasaimis; dá snasadh muid | dá snasadh sibh | dá snasaidís; dá snasadh siad | — | dá snastaí |
| imperative | imperative | snasaim | snas | snasadh sé, sí | snasaimis | snasaigí; snasaidh$^†$ | snasaidís | — | snastar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | snasadh | snasadh | snasadh | snasadh | snasadh | snasadh | snasadh | snasadh |
| past participle | past participle | snasta | snasta | snasta | snasta | snasta | snasta | snasta | snasta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa)
* Alternative form of snoí (“hewing, carving”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “snas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “snas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* snaas, snǣs

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *snaisu, from Proto-Germanic *snaisō (“twig, stick, spit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /snɑːs/

### Noun

snās f
* spit, skewer

#### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

#### Related terms

* snīþan

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Irish snas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s̪n̪ˠas̪/

### Noun

snas m (genitive singular snais, no plural)
* perfection
* good appearance

#### Derived terms

* mì-shnas m (“inelegance”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.